Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame ... That's ammonium nitrate. Phos-Chek commonly contains two types of salt: diammonium phosphate ([NH4]2HPO4) and ammonium polyphosphate ...

including ammonium polyphosphate - which does not evaporate easily and stays set on materials for longer than water. The retardant is usually sprayed ahead of the fire in a bid to coat vegetation ...

Common fire retardants, such PHOS-CHEK, which is used in Los Angeles, include fertilizers, such as ammonium polyphosphate, diammonium phosphate and diammonium sulfate, as well as monoammonium ...

Aerial fire suppressants are generally a mixture of water, ammonium phosphate — essentially fertilizer — and iron oxide, which is added to make the retardant visible, said Daniel McCurry ...

Not long after the Palisades Fire broke out Jan. 7, firefighting aircraft began drawing bright red lines with fire retardant across ... MVP-Fx is primarily made of ammonium phosphates, which ...

Fire retardants add to those health and environmental ... And the retardant, typically made of salts like ammonium polyphosphate, “lasts longer. It doesn’t evaporate, like dropping water ...

Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant ... That’s ammonium nitrate. Phos-Chek commonly contains two types of salt: diammonium phosphate ([NH4]2HPO4) and ammonium ...

Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the hills around ... "But the business end of it really is ammonium phosphate fertilizer." Sponsor Message For anyone ...